I was wondering what you think the climate of North America would be in the following scenario:
-Western cordillera eliminated so it's mostly flat all the way to the west coast
-Two very tall mountain ranges running east to west across the continent. The first range and the tallest one which is roughly as tall as the Himalayas runs across the continent at roughly 60N. The second range which is shorter and roughly at the height of the Andes runs across the continent at 50N.
-In between the two ranges is a series of valleys and plateaus similar to the intermountain west today.
Thoughts?